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| Authored by: Charles888 on Sunday, March 17 2013 @ 09:17 AM EDT |
I think it is hard to expect companies
to employ this strategy solely for
altruistic reasons. The costs are too
high. But, I think Newegg and those
who decide to systematically employ
this method find that their own
interest are served in that they put
any troll on notice that they should
not be messed with. They are too
dangerous to the troll's interest in
that they go after the trolls weapons.
I think it is smart strategy. Out
might cost them more in the beginning,
but they become less of a likely
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| Authored by: macliam on Sunday, March 17 2013 @ 03:41 PM EDT |
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| Authored by: bugstomper on Sunday, March 17 2013 @ 10:00 PM EDT |
NewEgg may succeed in spending much money to convince trolls to avoid suing
them. But the technique would not necessarily work for everyone. Let's say that
every potential defendant decided to act like NewEgg. Then patent trolls would
lose some number of patents finding out who can defend like NewEgg, would buy up
more old patents to use in new cases, and would be more careful to identify as
victims companies that just could not afford to fight like NewEgg and so would
have to settle without a trial.
As long as the trolls can buy old patents, especially SEPs, they have something
to sue with and can identify victims that are helpless, such as the recent trend
to go after end users.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, March 18 2013 @ 01:41 AM EDT |
Companies can generally write their legal expenses off tax.
More difficult for individuals
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| Authored by: jonathon on Tuesday, March 19 2013 @ 03:42 AM EDT |
>I don't see expressed by the victims of NPE/PAEs is the benefits
of "the NewEgg Approach".
Whilst the NewEgg approach is the best long term solution, the problem
is that the overwhelming majority of businesses in the United States do
not have the financial resources to implement that approach.
A minimum budget of ten million dollars, United States Currency
(US$10,000,000.00) is needed, to overturn one patent. This is in
addition to the ten million dollars needed to defend against the patent
troll.
Unfortunately, the simplest, cheapest, and most effective deterrent to
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